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designing new ships... - drauger - 09-19-2007
i wonder that if i wanted to design a ship, will it ever be considered to be added or is there a special team that does it. if i can design and send ships in which format should it be?
designing new ships... - Vaporlinx - 09-19-2007
Till someone says otherwise you just make a ship, and send it as a .cmp and a .mat to Igiss and if he aproves its in the mod. It is a good idea to post pics and whatnot before you finish it though
designing new ships... - Helljumper - 09-19-2007
What programme do you need to design things like ships for FL.
designing new ships... - Eppy - 09-19-2007
Gmax is simple and easy, but limited. Maya is better, but the Control Interface is a bit tougher. THEN you have to start paying for them...
designing new ships... - mohr - 09-19-2007
The final .cmp and .mat files are made in a program called Milkshape. Lancersreactor has all required files to make the .cmp and .mat, they also have tutorials and additional help forums there. I suggest using one of the tutorials first just to get a feel for what needs to be done.
If you already do 3D modeling, see if you can import the model into Milkshape. I do my modeling in Maya and import it into Milkshape. If you do it this way there is usually some trial and error to get the importing/exporting to work properly.
If you first get the modeling to work, the next step is texturing. It can be outsourced to a texturer, such as Yuri Neova, if you have the credits and they are willing. Otherwise you need to either follow the tutorial or teach yourself.
Hope that helps.
Mohr
designing new ships... - Tortured_Soul - 09-20-2007
Anal Retentive moment:
To design a ship, all you need is a pencil, bit 'o paper and a scanner, or Microsoft Paint et al.
To MODEL a ship, you can use Milkshape, GMax, 3DS Max, Maya, Rhino, [the list is endless].
If you just want to design then scrible down a drawing and hope for the best.
designing new ships... - Virus - 09-20-2007
You may want to look at the following threads:
http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4788
http://discoverygc.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=16875
http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6979